OpenAI2026-07-29 17:09:45OpenAI to offer free access to frontier models for 100,000 researchersOpenAI has announced that it will provide 100,000 researchers with free access to its frontier models, according to a report cited by ChainCatcher from Jin10. The brief item did not include details such as when the access program will begin, which models will be covered, or how researchers will be selected or onboarded. ChainCatcher published the update in its technology category as a short newsflash. No additional information on eligibility, geographic scope, or program duration was provided in the source text.1950